Generally covering the broad topics of computing and related technology.
Honorees from this year’s 35 Innovators list are employing AI to find new molecules, fold proteins, and analyze massive amounts of medical data.
AI’s progress isn’t the same as creating human intelligence in machines Read More
Telecom companies have long resisted letting scientific sensors piggyback on their subsea cables—until now.
These underwater cables can improve tsunami detection Read More
Technology can automate and substitute for some human tasks, but it can also augment human intelligence and complement specific types of tasks in ways that boost demand for occupations in which those tasks are performed.
A Data-Driven Exploration of the Race between Human Labor and Machines in the 21st Century Read More
REYNOLD XIN: Open source is not necessarily about free software. Instead, it has more to do with the inherent interest companies have in building ecosystems and communities that will help them lower their cost of hiring new employees and then ramping them up.
It Takes a Community: The Open Source Challenge Read More
Computer science education cannot fix its internal injustices and external harms to society if it aims only to broaden participation. Instead, institutional change is required.
Toward Justice in Computer Science through Community, Criticality, and Citizenship Read More
Assessments concerning privacy can hardly be completely neutral and may underlie some cultural bias.
Information: ‘I’ vs. ‘We’ vs. ‘They’ Read More
Digital accessibility has its roots in a decades-long legal movement.
Two Paths for Digital Disability Law Read More
There is promising, if somewhat slow, progress on making facial recognition software less biased.
The Troubling Future for Facial Recognition Software Read More
We cannot put the genii back in the bottle, but we can ensure human control.
A Call to Action Read More
Superheroes worry about having their identities revealed, while the rest of us in the real world worry about surveillance technologies and how they can be easily abused.
Modern Tech Can’t Shield Your Secret Identity Read More
“If you just chain together automatic transcription, translation, and speech synthesis, you end up accumulating too many errors.”
Raising Robovoices Read More
The E.U. is an early mover in the race to regulate AI, and with the draft E.U. AI Act, it has adopted an assurance-based regulatory environment using yet-to-be-defined AI assurance standards.
Trust, Regulation, and Human-in-the-Loop AI: within the European region Read More
Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent.—Freeman Dyson
Technology’s Impact on Morality Read More
Just-in-time shipping is dead. Long live supply chains stress-tested with AI digital twins.
How AI digital twins help weather the world’s supply chain nightmare Read More
Computing upgrade paves way for planned model improvements.
U.S. to triple operational weather and climate supercomputing capacity Read More
Sam Zeloof combines 1970s-era machines with homemade designs. His creations show what’s possible for small-scale silicon tinkerers.
This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents’ Garage Read More
The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.
How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation Read More
The controversy over Project Maven shows the department has a serious trust problem. This is an attempt to fix that.
The Department of Defense is issuing AI ethics guidelines for tech contractors Read More
DIU launched a strategic initiative in March 2020 to implement the DoD’s Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its commercial prototyping and acquisition programs.
Responsible AI Guidelines Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense officially adopted a series of ethical principles for the use of Artificial Intelligence today following recommendations provided to Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper by the Defense Innovation Board last October.
DOD Adopts Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence Read More